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Automated Testing Ensures Top Performance of Army Radios
To keep soldiers safe and the lines of communication open, frequent testing of radios used on the battlefield is imperative. That testing is becoming more automated and efficient with...
Articles Defense
UPS Devices Keep UAVs in the Air
The simplistic definition of UAV reads like this: “An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), colloquially known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled either autonomously...
Articles Defense
Free Space Optical Communications System for Advancing Superiority on the Battlefield
Fixed and tactical information networking, especially for defense applications, has begun to require increasing data transmission capacity as the volume...
Articles Aerospace
The Influence of Material Processing on the Performance of Composite Parts
The production of composite parts relies on an ever increasing number of processing technologies which have a large impact on the performance of the part. The...
Articles Electronics & Computers
iSLC Flash Technology
Robots have been employed by the military to assist in missions where it would be, and has been, too dangerous to have a human being take on the task. These robots can detect and disable bombs. Some can be thrown into...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
The Basics of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Radio Systems
This article introduces the rationale and techniques involved with MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output)-based communication systems. The communication impairments due to...
Application Briefs Defense
Kestrel Wide-Area Sensor Upgrades
In late May, Logos Technologies delivered the first payload upgrade to the Kestrel wide-area sensor, employed on U.S. Navy and Army aerostats in Afghanistan. The new hardware will provide better image...
Application Briefs Aerospace
Industrial, High-Precision Joystick
CTI Electronics, a supplier of rugged computer peripheral and motion control devices to US armed forces for over 20 years, will manufacture a military-grade, industrial pointing device to retrofit the...
Application Briefs Defense
Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7) Software
Raytheon Company (RTN) has started delivering a new release of software, Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7), to its worldwide Patriot customer base. The Patriot air and missile defense system protects...
Briefs Materials
Formation and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles
One-dimensional nanowires are of increasing interest due to their size, physical properties, and other applications in opto-electronics. For example, nanowires have already been used in...
Briefs Materials
Carbon Nanotube Thermal Interfaces Enhanced with Sprayed-On Nanoscale Polymer Coatings
As the semiconductor industry continually strives to increase the power density of single-chip packages, thermal management remains a critical challenge...
Briefs Materials
Lipid Layer-Based Corrosion Monitoring on Metal Substrates
Corrosion is a deforming process that costs the United States Department of Defense (DOD) approximately $23 billion annually and accounts for 23% of all DOD maintenance. Exhaustive...
Products Electronics & Computers
PLCs
AutomationDirect (Cumming, GA) has released the latest addition to its PLC offerings, the Do-more T1H Series PLC. Using the proven Terminator field I/O hardware as a platform, the Do-moreT1H PLC supports stackable base units, discrete and...
Products Electronics & Computers
Compact USB Oscilloscope
Saelig Company, Inc. (Fairport, NY) recently announced the availability of the new PicoScope 2000 series oscilloscopes, which are 80% smaller than their predecessors, similar in size to a passport but ¾" thick....
Products Electronics & Computers
Power Management ICs
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has introduced two new AEC Qualified ICs optimized for automotive powertrain and in-cabin deployment. Running off a 2V to 44V input voltage, the NCV8876 non-synchronous boost controller with...
Products Electronics & Computers
Software Platform Builder
Altium Limited (Sydney, Australia) has announced Software Platform, which delivers ultra-rapid prototyping and development for ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers. The Software Platform includes a comprehensive range...
Products Test & Measurement
SoC Evaluation Kit
Avnet Electronics Marketing (Phoenix, AZ) has released MicroZed, a $199 evaluation kit based on the Xilinx Zynq®- 7000 All Programmable SoC. MicroZed supports multiple use models for exploration, prototyping and System-...
Products
DAQ/Embedded Control Platform
United Electronic Industries (UEI) (Walpole, MA) has released a new Ethernet-based data acquisition (DAQ) and control platform. The DNF-4-1G FLATRACK provides two Gigabit Ethernet (100/10 Base- T compatible)...
Products
Rugged LCD Monitors
Chassis Plans (San Diego, CA) has upgraded its militarygrade rugged 24" rackmount LCD monitor, the CPX1-241, and industrial-grade large rugged LCD monitor, the CPI1- 241, to include multi-touch technology with gesture...
Products
FGPA Processor Board
Creative Electronic Systems SA (Geneva, Switzerland) has announced the FIOV-2310, a 3U OpenVPX™ module with a Xilinx Kintex™-7 325T/410T user-programmable FPGA at its core. The FIOV-2310 allows the configuration of the...
Products
OpenVPX InfiniBand® Switch Fabric Module
GE Intelligent Platforms (Huntsville, AL) recently introduced the rugged IBX400 6U OpenVPX InfiniBand® Switch Fabric Module. The module complements GE’s existing GBX460 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch...
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PC Development System
Pentek (Upper Saddle River, NJ) has announced its Model 8266 PC development system, pre-configured to speed application development for Pentek Cobalt® Virtex-6 and Onyx® Virtex-7 FPGA PCI Express software radio and data...
Products
PCIe/104 GPU Board
Connect Tech (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) has released the Xtreme/GPU board in PCIe/104 form factor. Partnered with AMD technology, the Xtreme/GPU drives up to four Mini DisplayPort connections for either independent use, or...
Articles Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designing Thermal Management Systems for Smaller, Lighter Avionics
The avionics systems of military aircraft support maneuverability and situation awareness for the pilot, process essential images, operate sensors, record data, and provide for...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Using RF Technology to Form a Wireless Network Under Water
Consumers have shown that they are eager to be rid of cabling and wires connecting them to devices situated or worn near or on the body. From athletic monitoring devices to headphones,...
Articles Electronics & Computers
From VME to VPX
Sequestration, defense reform and cost constraints are driving a new paradigm in the defense industry, where leveraging existing technologies is no longer optional, but required. This is especially true as we migrate from VME to...
Articles Aerospace
Using Polyimide In 3D Thin Film Multilayer Circuitry
Today, the cost and complexity of all platforms and systems in military and defense technologies are being challenged by the need for high functionality in smaller but less expensive...
Articles Defense
Field Configurable MIL-DTL-55181 Power Distribution
The proliferation of scalable tactical equipment has driven the need for field configurable power-distribution systems. A stacking-interconnect technology has been developed that utilizes the...
Articles RF & Microwave Electronics
Oil Pipeline Fault Detection System Determines Material Permittivity at Microwave Frequencies
Researching fault location techniques for the oil industry requires data on the complex permittivity of the polyamide Rilsan at microwave frequencies....
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